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School: Caisleán Ó gConaing (B.) (roll number 9685)

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Castleconnell, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Donncha Ó Huallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0523, Page 291

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  1. The Falls of Doonass

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    The Falls of Doonass
    (Air Ennis Killen Dragoons)
    As I roved out one evening as Sun had cast her rays
    Behind the distant mountains & wild western seas,
    I carelessy moved on my leisure hours to pass,
    To hear the Shannon roaring at the Falls of Doonass
    II
    My mind got enraptured at this enchanted scene,
    Such a place in old Erin there is not I ween
    Proud beautiful & crystal & brightly shines as glass
    Is the clear Shannon waters that flow through Doonass.
    III
    Had you been in Killarney that causeway or vale
    The proud Bay of Dublin Loophead or Kinsale,
    The intricate Cobh of Cork is but shadow from gas [?]
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    S. Hogg